One cannot but admire the creative drive that impels a finance professional to embark on such an ambitious odyssey on uncharted seas. The story weaves deeper with people discovering him as the Neelkanth for being immune to undiluted Somras, a drink, which can be fatal in its pure form and in its own ways is responsible for making the inhabitants of Meluha near immortals. But, very sadly, I could not relate to the Tripathi's take on Tibetan Shiva and to the very vague writing (which killed me)! In 2019, Amish was appointed to a diplomatic role as Director , The Nehru Centre in London, India's premier cultural centre abroad. He also did not explain why the Meluhans thought it fair that they were sending out only the untouchables for a suicide mission.

If u know the Hindu myths around Lord Shiva, and can imagine his visage in your mind, you will realize how well he explains everything, from the concepts of a serpent around the neck of Lord Shiva right down to the second name he bears very often “Neel Kanth”. It included posting a live-action video on YouTube, and making the first chapter of the book available as a free digital download, to entice readers. There he meets the priest from whom he comes to know about the karma, his fate, and his choices in life, which will guide him.As Shiva spends time with the Meluhans, he finds that while the society of Meluha functions perfectly, it has its problems and erroneous ways too. And just because you have seen ONE or TWO mothers behaving that way, that does NOT give you the right to label ALL mothers like that.

It also feels that at places, there is a lack of conviction on Amish’s part whether to explain a phrase or not and as a result, some places, he over does it and some places he is found wanting. The Immortals of Meluha is a mythological novel (erroneously labelled sometimes as epic fantasy) that takes one of the gods of Indian mythology and portrays him as a man. In September 2013, Johar announced that Malhotra would be directing The Immortals of Meluha, but only after the release of Shuddhi. Read Kalidasa instead, go back to 1BC, his plot and writings are way more interesting than this well marketed book! It tells of the adventures of one Shiva circa 1900BC in the region known then as the Sapt Sindhu; "The land of the Indus, Saraswati, Yamuna, Ganga, Sarayu, Brahmaputra and Narmada.Kanakhala – The prime minister of Daksha's royal court' in-charge of administrative, revenue and protocol matters, Kanakhala is an extremely learned and intelligent woman, who gets into verbal conflicts with Parvateshvar regarding Shiva.

There is no plausible reason behind a ruler having the right to keep his/her child but an ordinary person being deprived of their child. Drawn suddenly to his destiny, by duty as well as by love, will Shiva lead the Suryavanshi vengeance and destroy evil?

I’m not a fan of Indian mythology, I adore Greek mythology and I am mildly interested in Egyptian but Indian mythology never appealed to me. The book's ability to transport readers to a bygone era, coupled with its relatable characters and engaging narrative, make it a remarkable read.

Enraged by the disrespect shown by the man toward Shiva,Sati challenges the man for an Agni Pariksha. Malhotra started adapting the story into a film script, with Tripathi acting as creative consultant and reviewer. And if you understand Shiva as he is supposed to be understood, then you’ll find more of him in this book than you’d expect. However, I think he should have chosen the topics for a book that did not portray a mythological character. The book has a complete absence of much-needed action or simply quite a toned down version of action you would expect from a story involving a savior.Although I was really impressed with Amish Tripathi's imagination, it still didn't wow me as I expected it to. His inner struggle, turmoil, frustration and desperation to find the answer, the solution and the final realization. Shiva wasn’t an all mighty, all powerful god who knew everything, never made any mistakes, never strayed of the path of dharma; he was a hot tempered youth who lead a tribe, smoked marijuana and swore in almost every other thought.